October 25-26, 2018

Our objective this year is to feature new stories and new storytellers in the field of digital ethnic studies broadly. The forum will be organized as a workshop for scholars working predominately in Minority Serving Institutions and aimed at developing new approaches in designing scholarship that engages with communities in meaningful ways. The forum will address two major questions for scholars working in this field: what is needed to advance Digital Ethnic Studies? and What stories in this field are suited for the digital medium? All participants will work in teams to tackle these questions and come up with ideas, designs, and solutions aimed at developing both at the field and their individual scholarship. The forum will also seek to build up a community of scholars working together as a cohort. We will have group dinners to learn more about one another's scholarship and teaching, and we will have a special showing of artwork by Kara Walker, Gordon Parks, and others, from the permanent collection of the Sheldon Museum of Art. The group will also have a special showing at the Ross Theater.

The hashtag for this event is #DHethnic18